A brief information for people with activities in AutoCad. Microsoft has just announced the integration of AutoCad into OneDrive and Sharepoint. This means that AutoCad files can be stored on OneDrive and Sharepoint. (via)
[German]A few days ago it became public, that an old version of ASUS Live Update Utility has be compromised and was shipped with a backdoor. But security researcher has warned ASUS two months ago about such a supply chain attack. They stumbled upon incredible security failures.
Microsoft published Windows 10 Insider Previews Build 18865 in Skip Ahead Ring on 26.3.2019. This is a version in development branch 20H1, which we expect to receive in spring 2020 as a Windows 10 release. The new Insider Preview only contains bug fixes. The announcement and a description of the changes can be found in the Windows Blog.
Mozilla's developers released version 66.0.2 of the Firefox browser for Windows, Linux and macOS on March 27, 2019. It's a maintenance update that fixes some bugs, especially on Windows 10.
Microsoft is heading to release Windows 10 Version 1903 soon (I guess in April 2019). But what's with Windows 10 Version 1809? It seems that Microsoft tries to drop this version and let Windows 10 V1803 users upgrade directly to V1903.
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[German]A short addendum concerning Windows 7 SP1 and the end of support nag screen: Microsoft released a revised version of the 'Nag-Screen'-update KB4493132 on March 26, 2019. Here is some information about the topic.
Adobe has released Adobe Shockwave Player 12.3.5.205 (Release Notes do not exist). This will be the last update, because the Adobe Shockwave Player will be finally discontinued for end customers on April 9, 2019 – only corporate customers still get the software. Anyone there who still needs to use the Shockwave player?
[German]Microsoft has stopped the distribution of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18362 (from the 19H1 development branch) in Slow Ring because of an installation issue. Addendum: A workaround to recover from this mess has been discovered.
[German]Microsoft has found two serious vulnerabilities in a driver and in PC Manager for Windows, both provided by Chinese company Huawei. These vulnerabilities allow local privileges escalation. Updates are available since in January 2019.
On March 25, 2019, the Mozilla developers have released the email client Thunderbird version 60.6.1. This is a maintenance update which closes security gaps. Here is some information about it.
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